Good, not great

Carnival Pride Cruise Review to Caribbean - Bahamas

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Cruises: 4-6 cruises

Review: 1

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Overall rating:

3 out of 5

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7 Night Bahamas & Grand Turk (Baltimore Roundtrip)

Sail date: November 15, 2015

Ship: Carnival Pride

Cabin type: Oceanview

Cabin number: 1220

Traveled as: Family (young children)

Reviewed: 9 years ago

Review summary

First, the positives:

Food was good

Most of the service was good

We had a good time

The entertainment was good

Negatives:

Took over 2 hours to get on the ship even after filling out everything online in advance.

The main attraction for us, the water slides and splash pad was broken for the entire time

The ship is not well cared for. There is more vibration throughout the ship than any ship I've been on- to the point where it knocked glasses off the dining table. It's just looking worn overall as well.

It was very hard to manage my food allergy on board.

Ship experiences

Food and Dining

1 out of 5

Food quality was good, but my allergy made everything really difficult.

Onboard Activities

3 out of 5

Needed some more, especially for families and for things to be earlier in the evening.

Entertainment

5 out of 5

Children's Programs

3 out of 5

Childcare was great, but needed more activities for families to do together

Service and Staff

5 out of 5

Ship Quality

1 out of 5

Ship tip

Having been on 4 other ships, I wouldn't recommend the Pride.

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Ports of call

Baltimore, Maryland

5 out of 5

Port Canaveral, Florida

5 out of 5

Nassau, Bahamas

5 out of 5

Freeport, Grand Bahama Island

1 out of 5

Not much to do there unless you take an excursion or a 30 minute taxi ride to the beach

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11 Comments

Cruisers4Lyfe 4 months ago

Thanks for sharing

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Lete 8 years ago

I love the vibration on this ship, for some reason it calms me. To each his own I guess :)

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poof 8 years ago

I first sailed this ship in July and I too felt that vibration the entire trip. Nothing bad though. Going again on the 26th

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DWB 8 years ago

The stupid site jumped reviews on me.

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martinsgh 8 years ago

happy thanksgiving every one

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martinsgh 8 years ago

fritolay. apply for faster to the fun. it gets you on faster. not much waiting time. apply for it when you schedule your cruise. if it doesn't happen at that time, look in on it once a week and you may get it. better luck next time

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martinsgh 9 years ago

during hurricane we got 50% off on that cruise and 50% off on our next one. we are platinum now and working toward diamond. sounds like you cruise like we do. love cruising. carnival is good to you. with platinum you board faster

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sailinsoon 9 years ago

I was on the week before you. We only got the rough seas on our last night. Nothing a few cocktails didn't fix ;) I'll be on board again December 26.

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martinsgh 9 years ago

sailinsoon. I agree with you. we were on pride through hurricane. wasn't bad at all. some people are never happy. love the pride. be back on it again Dec. 6 for my birthday. thirteen trip on pride

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sailinsoon 9 years ago

In September, I never experienced an issue with vibration. I wonder if there was an issue with ballasts/stabilizers or something. Sorry you didn't get to experience the water slides! I had fttf and boarded within a half hour. Definitely worth it. And with the new upgrades, I thought the ship was in "ship shape"!

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martinsgh 9 years ago

should apply for fttf. faster getting on. runs around $50.00 per room, but worth it

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Other reviews of this sailing

Dining staff was extremely attentive, cabin steward great, room service awesome

Excellent

This ship has my seal of approval